Difference between revisions of "Aloe speciosa"

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Latest revision as of 02:27, 31 December 2010


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   cacti-succulent

Height: 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7. to 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Width: 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. to 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early winter, mid winter, late winter
Cultivation
Exposure: sun, part-sun
Water: moderate, dry
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Flower features: white
Scientific Names

Asphodelaceae >

Aloe >

speciosa >


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Read about Aloe speciosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Aloe speciosa, Baker. Taller, 18-25 ft. high, branching: lvs. very numerous, spreading, gradually tapered, blue, the rosy margin with minute prickles: fls. 1¼ in. long, from rosy becoming whitish, green-nerved, the segms. about equaling the tube. N. Afr.


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